They call the Toyota Picnic, which appeared in 1995, the first MPV, In actual fact, the first MPV was arguably the Plymouth Voyager of 1984 or the Renault Espace launched that same year. In any event, the concept was more than a decade older than the Toyota Picnic and there had been many MPV models by multiple manufacturers before it. The Espace for one was even featured on Top Gear several times, and the Voyager, on the old Top Gear in 1997. By Jeremy Clarkson himself.
Clarkson says the Ford Mondeo is selling so poorly that American dealership are pulling it from the showrooms. Ford never sold the car as the Mondeo in the USA, although the American Ford Fusion model was largely identical.